Dorien: Just pay me what you think I'm worth! (Beat) £50?! I'm earning more a minute than my husband, he'll have to go!
— Dorien Green dancing for the men in the nightclub run inside Sharon's Café.
- Date First Aired: 16/10/1994
To comply with the health inspector's demands, Sharon is having some work done at the café. Chris's cousin Georgiou is supposed to be doing it on the cheap, but has instead turned the place into a nightclub - and is splitting the proceeds with Chris.
Tropes In This Episode:
- Affectionate Nickname: Sharon calls Georgiou "George".
- Brief Accent Imitation: When Sharon complains about health inspectors:Sharon: Those environmental 'ealth people are like The Gestapo. "Ve are only obeying orderz".
- Bullet Dancing: Tracey, Sharon and Dorien force Georgiou and Michael to dance by throwing ceramic plates at their feet.
- Continuity Nod: Ronnie Handbag from "Breadwinner" returns.
- Freudian Threat: Tracey, Sharon and Dorien threaten Georgiou and Michael by skewering and cutting up various phallic items of food, before saying the same'll happen to them if they don't pay up.
- Food Slap: Tracey and Sharon think that Dorien had food thrown at her at the nightclub:Dorien: I was strewn with their offerings!Sharon: So, they did chuck food, then.
- Mondegreen Gag: While Dorien is recalling her night out:Dorien: I was Helen. I was a face that launched a thousand ships.Tracey: What, they started throwin' food at ya?Dorien: "Ships", Tracey, not "chips".
- One-Shot Character: Michael, Georgiou, Ruby Belloc and Matthew.
- Prison Rape: Implied when Matthew tells a terrified Chris that Ronnie Handbag, a gay prisoner, is waiting for him.
- Pun: When Chris tells Georgiou who Ronnie is:Georgiou: Who was that?Chris: Handbag. My new accessory.
- Shout-Out:
- After moaning about being unable to shave her legs, Sharon remarks that there's no chance of her entering the Tour de France this year.
- Tracey remarks that not even Greenpeace could clean up after Sharon.
- Dorien asks to be called "Aphrodite":Dorien: I'm in an ethnic vein tonight.
- Dorien repeatedly sings "I Could Have Danced All Night" from My Fair Lady after her night out with Michael.
- When recalling her night, Dorien compares herself to Helen of Troy.
- Dorien sarcastically calls Michael "Aristotle Onassis" and "Peter Stringfellow".
- Dorien references This Is Your Life when she announces "Sharon Theodopolopodous, this is your club".
- Sharon calls Georgiou "Zorba".
- Status Quo Is God: Dorien plans to finally leave Marcus and be with Michael but doesn't go through with it.
- Sultry Belly Dancer: Dorien briefly becomes one and earns £600.
- Titled After the Song: The episode title is a song by The Kinks.
